The oldest of the Ents, Fangorn, or Treebeard™ as he was called in the common tongue, dwelt in the ancient forest that shared his name. 

Unconcerned with affairs beyond the trees, he rested amongst his brethren, keeping watch within the groves and arbours. For and almost endless age had he slumbered in passivity, that was, until the unlikely arrive of two small unfamiliar creatures…